Bug 292749 – app-misc/pwsafe and app-crypt/gorilla should be in the same category

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Anton Bolshakov 2009-11-11 05:52:04 UTC]

Please adjust the description as well, PasswordSafe should be one word:

# eix -S password safe
* app-misc/pwsafe
     Available versions:  ~0.2.0 {X readline}
     Homepage:            http://nsd.dyndns.org/pwsafe/
     Description:         PasswordSafe Compatible Commandline Password Manager

# eix -S "password safe"
* app-crypt/gorilla
     Available versions:  ~1.4
     Homepage:            http://www.fpx.de/fp/Software/Gorilla/
     Description:         Password Safe clone for Linux. Stores passwords in secure way with GUI interface.

[Comment 1 Christopher Head 2011-03-27 23:11:39 UTC]

Actually, looking at <http://pwsafe.org/>, apparently the original program, the spacing seems to be fuzzy. The Web page title, the banner, a lot of text on the front page, and even the application window screenshot seem to use two separate words. The string "PasswordSafe" (no spaces) does appear on the History page, but lots of other places appear to use "Password Safe". Maybe the proper form of the name is with a space? Or do you have a reference to where the unspaced name came from?

[Comment 2 Anton Bolshakov 2011-03-28 02:40:40 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Actually, looking at <http://pwsafe.org/>, apparently the original program, the
> Maybe the proper form of the name is with a space? 

I would agree. The name probably should be with space. The original windows program (which app-misc/pwsafe compatible with) is "password safe" too:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe/

Anyway, they should be in the same category.

I wonder, why this bug takes so long to fix?

[Comment 3 Christopher Head 2011-03-29 05:10:57 UTC]

As for categories, I'm looking through some packages that manage passwords (storing and generating) right now. Taking a moderately random sampling, I see:

app-crypt/gorilla
app-misc/pwsafe
app-admin/apg
app-admin/keepassx
app-misc/tkpasman
app-admin/passook
app-admin/kdepm
x11-misc/revelation
app-admin/makepasswd
app-admin/pwgen
app-crypt/sgeps, 

So the categories seem to be a bit scattered, but it looks like app-admin/ wins. Is that where password management tools should go?

[Comment 4 Alessandro Di Federico 2013-08-08 20:44:42 UTC]

Don't forget app-admin/keepass.

[Comment 5 Ulenrich 2013-10-23 22:32:41 UTC]

Don't forget app-crypt/ckpass

[Comment 6 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2017-10-12 07:19:50 UTC]

app-admin/keepassx is slated for removal.